Israel's bombing killed soldier captured by Hamas, family says

The family of an Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas has said he was killed by Israeli air strikes during the genocidal war on Gaza.

Tamir Nimrodi, whose body was returned to Israel on Tuesday as part of a ceasefire agreement, was taken alive by Palestinian fighters on 7 October 2023.

He was later killed in captivity during Israeli bombardments, according to his family and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

“Tamir was kidnapped alive from his base and killed by IDF [Israeli army] bombings in captivity,” the forum said in a statement.

The Israeli military confirmed that Nimrodi was captured alive and died at the start of the war, though it did not specify the cause of death.

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